STREETS

New Delhi: In a major relief for street vendors and hawkers, Delhi government has ordered civic bodies and police not to remove them if they have been doing their business for years at a particular place.
The government's move comes after several street hawkers complained to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal...

Kolkata: The West Bengal capital, Kolkata, has turned into India's first WiFi enabled metro city. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening informed through her Twitter account.
The CM tweeted "All my WiFi friends, I am tweeting using #WiFiKolkata. So proud to be first WiFi Metro city...

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry has been fined a penalty of USD 50 by the Boston City officials for not removing snow dumped on the side street in front of his house which was formed due to the massive
snowstorm this week.
The city officials slapped Kerry with a USD...

Facebook Inc's revenue grew 49 per cent in the fourth quarter, as mobile advertising growth helped the world's largest Internet social network beat Wall Street's targets for earnings and sales.
But revenue growth was the weakest since the start of 2013, and spending rose faster. Facebook shares fell about 2.6 per...

Pune: Maharashtra government will probe the shocking incident where a homeless child was thrown out of the McDonalds restaurant in Pune.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, "I will get back to you after I enquire into the incident. I don't have all the pertinent information with me yet."
Describing the incident...

Pune: In a shocking incident, a street child in Pune was thrown out of a McDonalds restaurant when he entered to buy a Fanta float. The boy was accompanied by a woman to the restaurant, who later discussed the incident on Facebook.
Describing the incident, the woman said that she along...

Bengaluru: Police on Saturday night detained a fourth Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspect from Mangalore in Karnataka. Reportedly, the police have also recovered explosives based on the interrogation of the first three IM suspects.
The three IM suspects who were arrested earlier by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore Police...

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has asked Sri Lankan President-elect Maithripala Sirisena to facilitate the UN investigation into human rights abuses in the country. In his congratulatory message released by Downing Street, Cameron expressed hope that the issues of the past will be addressed.
In his statement, he said,...

Bengaluru: Three Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspects have been arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore Police from Bhatkal. A large cache of explosives, bomb-making materials, circuitry and incriminating documents have been recovered from them. The three are being interrogated and they may be linked to the Church Street...

Bengaluru: Two Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspects have been arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore Police from Bhatkal. The two men being interrogated may be linked to the Church Street explosion that had taken place in December last year.
Sources said CCB has recovered largest cache of explosives, bomb-making...

New Delhi: At a time when social media and integrated communication technologies are being used to reach out to voters, BJP will take to a more traditional medium of street plays (nukkad-natak) to woo voters, aiming at reaching out to more than 50 lakh people in the national capital.
The...

Los Angeles: American black comedy 'The Wolf of Wall Street' is the most pirated movie this year according to piracy-tracking firm Excipio.
The film starring Leonardo DiCaprio earned its place on the list of most pirated movies with 30.035 million downloads by Torrent users following its release last Christmas.
Trailing...

Armchair travellers can visit the world's tallest skyscraper and inspect one of the largest shopping malls with the addition of Dubai to Google Street View, Google said on Tuesday.The online pictorial map of the city - the first from the United Arab Emirates to appear on Google Street View -...

Kozhikode: The 'Kiss of Love' protest against moral policing on Sunday was marred by sporadic violence in parts of the city with those for and against it coming to blows creating a tense situation, following which police chased them away with lathis and took few of them into custody.
About 20-odd...

The victims of the Bengaluru street assault case say that they feel reassured after the police arrested 6 people for stalking and harassing five women in the heart of city. The police has slapped charges of criminal intimidation and assault to outrage the modesty of women, which will at least...

New Delhi: After much delay, construction of swanky new headquarters for Delhi Police in the heart of the national capital is likely to begin soon as the project has got almost all environmental and height-related clearances.
The 18-storey complex, which will come up at Jai Singh Marg behind the Parliament...

How many public taps are currently in the city and where do new taps need to be installed? Where do new public toilets need to be created? Which houses do not have daily garbage collection?
These are questions that confront city officials all over the world every day. The solution...

New York: A woman featured in a video in which she is harassed more than 100 times on New York City's streets said on Thursday that she has received dozens of rape threats after the clip was posted on the Internet and watched widely.
The two-minute video posted on YouTube depicts...

A video showing a woman being harassed while walking on the streets of New York has gone viral. The woman encountered more than 100 instances of verbal street harassment within 10 hours. Actress Shoshana Roberts said, "When someone tries to approach, the scare escalates. I think what's next. I am...

New Delhi: Street children in various parts of the national capital celebrated Diwali on Wednesday spreading the message of harmony.
"All these children celebrate festivals unitedly, and this time they sent a message of harmony to the world through their 'rangoli' and colourful paper work," Sanjay Gupta, director of NGO Chetna,...

Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex Thursday sunk 350 points to end below the 26,000-mark after a gap of two months on heavy bout of selling in the second half, tracking turbulence in Europe due to global growth worries. Besides, the rupee depreciated against the dollar to 61.90 (intra-day) on fears of...

Mumbai: After falling in initial trade, the benchmark Sensex on Monday rebounded over 86 points to end at 26,384.07 on the back of gains in key bluechips led by Coal India, Infosys, Hero MotorCorp, SBI and Maruti.
The Sensex, which commenced the day on a weak note at 26,275.07, slipped...

Street art in India is gradually getting the importance it deserves. Graffiti on the streets isn't always about mischief. A group of upcoming artists in Mumbai send across a strong message through their art. If you visit Bandra, you'll find a couple of interesting wall murals that talk of gender...

There was a time when the only things you would find on walls in Delhi's streets were betel stains and torn posters. A lot has changed in the recent past, especially after street artists from across the world came to city and started decorating walls like we had never seen...

At a time when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the US to strengthen the Indo-US bilateral ties, a Durga Puja Pandal in South Kolkata is trying to do the same. This pandal has become the venue of art collboration between artists from India and the US.
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New Delhi: How cruel the world can be for a rape survivor, Suzette Jordan, the 2012 Park Street survivor, can tell you but this hasn't killed her spirit or made her give up her zest for life.
"Survivors in India are always traumatised. People pointed at my dignity. They did not...